Home. I love our home. I love coming home after being away. I love driving up the driveway and seeing the warm lights welcoming me in. I love the smells and feelings I have when I’m in our home. Home though, is wherever we are together as a family. All of us. When one is… Continue reading Thankful for our home
Category: divorce
Thankful for imperfections
I have 5 kids. A husband. A job. A home. All things I care for and keep in go mode. I feed them, cloth them, drive them, love them, argue with them, discipline them when needed. I have a lot of responsibility. And I fail at something daily. Somedays we oversleep. Most days the agenda… Continue reading Thankful for imperfections
I surrender all
Y’all, this is something I have shared with very few people. About 2 1/2 years after Adam passed, several people started to encourage me to put myself out there again. I was young and still had a lot to offer. I wasn’t sure of what exactly I had to offer. But I decided to give… Continue reading I surrender all
It’s hard to be thankful in death
On this day 40 years ago, Adam Joseph Austin entered this world. He was the first born son to Gary and Reva Austin. Adam is no longer celebrating birthdays here on earth, but I know there is rejoicing in heaven. I met Adam in 1994. I fell in love with him in 1995. I married… Continue reading It’s hard to be thankful in death
Thankful for hard times
I dealt with the divorce of my parents at the age of 14. It was hard! I was the only one out of my friends who lived in a single parent home. I spent my high school years watching my biological father pull away from us and eventually moving away and out of state. We… Continue reading Thankful for hard times
Sowing tears and reaping joy 